INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPNOSIS !ISSUE 4, AUGUST 2012 ISH NEWSLETTER building bridges of understanding LETTER FROM THE ISH PRESIDENT Camillo Loriedo, MD, PhD THE BRIDGES OF BREMEN While we are all preparing ourselves for an exciting ad- IN THIS ISSUE venture in Bremen, we have good reasons to think about • Letters from the Presidents the general meaning of this very special event. • Letter from the Editor We still are some months away and yet we are now News from Umbrella Societies: • very close to 2000 participants, and over 300 presen- The Milton H. Erickson Foundation News from SASCH to ISH ters are already scheduled for the Congress. News from the SSCH, Sweden continue on page 2 News from ESH News from Australia NOTES FROM • Congress and Workshops • News from Bremen and Paris THE ISH PRESIDENT-ELECT •News from the Committees: Research Julie H. Linden, PhD • Books • In Remembrance In 2009, while taking a Consuelo Casula interviews… • walk in Rome during Julie Linden Michael Yapko the 18th ISH congress, • Views of ISH Members an attendee approached me on the street that asked to speak with Visit our website me. He then proceeded to say how much he http://ish-hypnosis.org appreciated the people who do all of the work continue on page 4 !PAGE 1 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPNOSIS !ISSUE 4, AUGUST 2012 continued from page 1 LETTER FROM THE ISH PRESIDENT A legitimate expectation is we will have a Freud and Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault was successful congress. A possible expectation (I certainly not easy, but that was the first step know it could be too optimistic) is this could toward a different mentality. be the largest hypnosis congress ever held. And with this same mentality, although with In any case, to realize that in a period of se- long periods of suspension or interruption rious general crisis involving most of the caused for some years by the even more planet’s activities, to see hypnosis to obtain threatening individualistic tendencies of war, so much interest and appreciation, cannot ISH continues to survive since 112 years. but give us a sense of pride and of hope for the future. To underline the fundamental goal of connec- ting over their individuality, hypnotists from Another consideration about such an impor- all over the world, some years ago Peter tant appointment in my opinion is even more Bloom has adapted to the International So- relevant. ciety the motto “Building bridges of under- The history of hypnosis is full of individuali- standing”. From that moment on, the implicit stic tendencies. Just to recall a few examples, agenda became part of the official logo, to Franz Anton Mesmer openly declared that he openly emphasize the role ISH played and is was the only one able to cure all the existing supposed to play even in future years, in illnesses, as well as Charcot was named “the support of a cross-national and cross-cultu- Napoleon of the Neurosis” because of his ral working alliance. winning-at-all-costs personality. Just to mention only episodes that are reas- On a smaller scale, the present ISH Board suringly distant from the present times, has developed the use of internal meetings fighting among different schools of hypnosis, not only during the triennial congress, but instead of creating powerful alliances, like it also in other special moments. Apart from happened at the times of Nancy and Paris, the virtual cyberspace of the usual skype has been often the cause of a long period of meetings, Orvieto and Wigry - nice small vil- hypnosis decline. lages in Italy and in Poland - have been the The roots of ISH developed already with the suggestive locations where the ISH Board First International Congress for Experimen- has decided to meet with the aim of working tal and Therapeutic Hypnotism held in Paris, together physically and emotionally for some France on August 8-12, 1889. We can consi- days. der this Congress as the first serious attempt These experiences gave me the sensation of a to overcome the prevailing tendency to indi- living body, in which close relationships and viduality. Putting up together a faculty inclu- even conflicts found the proper space and ding presenters like Jean-Martin Charcot, time to develop freely. Hippolyte Bernheim, Pierre Janet, Sigmund !PAGE 2 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPNOSIS !ISSUE 4, AUGUST 2012 I don’t know if I can interpret correctly Peter A great group, a unique living body, that de- Bloom’s idea of the ISH motto, but I think it monstrate the inner attitude of ISH in building suggests to us that hypnosis, both as a discipli- bridges, or if you prefer to believe in fables ne and as a society, has the function to develop (like I often do), the capacity of count on the deep and close relationships. force of deep and close relationships like in the fairy tale of Jacob and Wilhelm Before to arrive at the end of my term as ISH Grimm, when the improvised Musicians of president (I’m both exhausted by the role and Bremen, unexpectedly succeed in appea- at the same time glad to live every remaining ring strong and powerful as a giant when minute of the experience) and at the end of the they decide to perform standing on each Board of Directors term, let me mention the other's backs. ones that, sharing a deep and closer relation- ship, have worked side by side so hardly in the Camillo Loriedo last three years, taking easy and difficult deci- sions in the name of ISH. First of all, Julie Linden, irreplaceable pillar of ISH, that after giving so much, will receive the gavel of the next ISH President in one of the key moments of the Congress; Consuelo Casula elegant and efficient Secretary-Treasu- rer, as well as Newsletter Editor; Bernhard Trenkle, thoughtful Council of Representatives Chairperson and mind of the fantastic Bremen Congress; Giuseppe de Benedittis, Vice-Chair- person, active and dynamic Chair of the Re- search Committee; Brian Allen, brilliant and vigilant COR Secretary, and Greg Coman. I’m also grateful to the great sense of balance of Matthias Mende, and to the smiling wisdom of David Wark; and to Eric Vermetten, Past Pre- ISH NEWSLETTER sident, and careful Chair of the Election Com- building bridges of understanding mittee, that after the completion of a very ac- curate inspection declared Claude Virot, ISH ISSUE 4, AUGUST 2012 President Elect for the period 2012-15. To Claude and to Mark Jensen, newly elected ISH Secretary-Treasurer, the congratulation and best wishes for their new mandate. !PAGE 3 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYPNOSIS !ISSUE 4, AUGUST 2012 continued from page 1 NOTES FROM THE ISH PRESIDENT-ELECT behind-the-scenes that allows a society to exist call. This has been a hard-working board, and for the benefit of students like him. “I do not special kudos goes to those who were awake at like to do the work”, he said, “I am not 5 am to participate. Thank you, Camillo, for someone who volunteers, or donates my time, your sacrifice of time and energy on behalf of but I love these congresses and I want you to ISH. know how much I appreciate the people who make this possible, so thank you!” I was a bit Equally deserving of our appreciation is stunned by his comment. No attendee had even Bernhard Trenkle. Board Member, taken the time to thank me for my work in ISH. Membership Chair and Bremen Congress I managed to utter, “You are welcome”. He Organizer, who wears each hat with ease and shook my hand and repeated thank you several accomplishment. The program for Bremen is times and then we parted. While the encounter brimming with experts from around the world took just moments, the words and the feelings and the social activities promise to be it elicited in me have stayed with me. I was memorable. Visit the congress website for happy that the behind-the-scenes work had details at https://cx created a satisfied “customer”. ISH is fortunate services.com/htx12/ish2012.php?page=start. to have many talented and dedicated Bernhard’s work for ISH is truly remarkable. behind-the-scenes workers. So it is with some trepidation that I ponder the Our 19th triennial congress in Bremen is very presidential shoes I will step into during near, and as I approach the end of my term of Bremen. They seem big. I hope to walk in president-elect, I would like to publicly thank them with the steady calm of our outgoing the current president of ISH, Camillo Loriedo president and the confidence that comes from for his outstanding job of steering ISH out of knowing that the successful congresses have its financially dangerous waters into smooth filled the financial, clinical and scientific seas. He is a masterful sea captain who, since treasury. the successful congress in Rome, has put us back on a steady course of growth and stability. And, finally, thank you for being active During his three-year term, he made many members. Your participation is what makes us arrangements for the Board of Directors to a vibrant society and allows us to share our meet regularly by Skype and in person at wealth of knowledge and excitement about workshops around the world, building a sense hypnosis throughout the world. This is what of community and fellowship. Camillo’s ability makes the behind-the-scenes efforts to use his family therapy and hypnotic skills worthwhile. worked well with this diverse Board that had to adjust for 5 time zones with every conference Julie H.